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Wildlife damage management has made great strides, worldwide, in the past century-moving from what were once uncoordinated private efforts to trap, shoot, or poison problem animals to organized integrated pest management (IPM) approaches employing a variety of pest control tactics. Some of the tools of the past are still critically important in these programs, but as new damage problems and new constraints arise, these tools are often found wanting (Fall 1998). Whenever possible, most wildlife damage managers prefer nonlethal solutions to wildlife damage problems, especially when these approaches are economical and acceptable to both society and the agricultural industry. However, lethal methods must sometimes be employed when relocation of animals is not feasible, or when other methods prove ineffective. The links below summarize common damage control methods and tools currently in use or under investigation.

Lethal Control (Toxicants, Hunting/Shooting,Traps/Snares, Surfactants)

Nonlethal Control

Chemical Repellents
Fertility Control
Frightening Devices
Habitat Management/Barriers/Translocation/Alternate Foods/Guard Animals

Nonlethal Predator Control

Althering Human Behavior
Altering Predator Behavior

References

FALL, M. W., AND W. B. JACKSON. 1998. A new era of vertebrate pest control? An introduction. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation 42:85-91